# 🌳 rou3
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Lightweight and fast router for JavaScript.
## Usage
**Install:**
```sh
# ✨ Auto-detect
npx nypm install rou3
```
**Import:**
**ESM** (Node.js, Bun, Deno)
```js
import {
createRouter,
addRoute,
findRoute,
removeRoute,
findAllRoutes,
routeToRegExp,
NullProtoObj,
} from "rou3";
```
**CDN** (Deno and Browsers)
```js
import {
createRouter,
addRoute,
findRoute,
removeRoute,
findAllRoutes,
routeToRegExp,
NullProtoObj,
} from "https://esm.sh/rou3";
```
**Create a router instance and insert routes:**
```js
import { createRouter, addRoute } from "rou3";
const router = createRouter(/* options */);
addRoute(router, "GET", "/path", { payload: "this path" });
addRoute(router, "POST", "/path/:name", { payload: "named route" });
addRoute(router, "GET", "/path/foo/**", { payload: "wildcard route" });
addRoute(router, "GET", "/path/foo/**:name", {
payload: "named wildcard route",
});
```
**Match route to access matched data:**
```js
// Returns { payload: 'this path' }
findRoute(router, "GET", "/path");
// Returns { payload: 'named route', params: { name: 'fooval' } }
findRoute(router, "POST", "/path/fooval");
// Returns { payload: 'wildcard route' }
findRoute(router, "GET", "/path/foo/bar/baz");
// Returns undefined (no route matched for/)
findRoute(router, "GET", "/");
```
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Paths should **always begin with `/`**.
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Method should **always be UPPERCASE**.
> [!TIP]
> If you need to register a pattern containing literal `:` or `*`, you can escape them with `\\`. For example, `/static\\:path/\\*\\*` matches only the static `/static:path/**` route.
## Compiler
### `compileRouter(router, opts?)`
Compiles the router instance into a faster route-matching function.
**IMPORTANT:** `compileRouter` requires eval support with `new Function()` in the runtime for JIT compilation.
**Example:**
```ts
import { createRouter, addRoute } from "rou3";
import { compileRouter } from "rou3/compiler";
const router = createRouter();
// [add some routes]
const findRoute = compileRouter(router);
const matchAll = compileRouter(router, { matchAll: true });
findRoute("GET", "/path/foo/bar");
```
### `compileRouterToString(router, functionName?, opts?)`
Compile the router instance into a compact runnable code.
**IMPORTANT:** Route data must be serializable to JSON (i.e., no functions or classes) or implement the `toJSON()` method to render custom code or you can pass custom `serialize` function in options.
**Example:**
```ts
import { createRouter, addRoute } from "rou3";
import { compileRouterToString } from "rou3/compiler";
const router = createRouter();
// [add some routes with serializable data]
const compilerCode = compileRouterToString(router, "findRoute");
// "const findRoute=(m, p) => {}"
```
## License
Published under the [MIT](https://github.com/h3js/rou3/blob/main/LICENSE) license.
Made by [@pi0](https://github.com/pi0) and [community](https://github.com/h3js/rou3/graphs/contributors) 💛
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